[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  As we come before You this day, O gracious God, to offer our prayers 
and supplications, we remember with affection the life of our colleague 
and friend, Bill Emerson. We are grateful for his concern for the 
issues of great importance to our Nation and for his abiding service to 
the people of Missouri. We ask, O God, that Your blessings of mercy and 
peace, of remembrance and recollection, be with his family and with all 
who knew and loved him. We are grateful that he has now received the 
fullness of Your promises and he abides with You and all those who 
sought to serve You by serving people in their need. May Your peace, O 
God, that passes all human understanding, be with each person now and 
evermore. Amen.

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